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Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory

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Population
  
2,352 (2011 census)

Postcode(s)
  
2607

Territory electorate(s)
  
Murrumbidgee

Area
  
3.1 km²

Federal division
  
Division of Canberra

Established
  
1986

District
  
Woden Valley

Founded
  
1986

Postal code
  
2607

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Isaacs is a suburb in the district of Woden in Canberra, Australia. The postcode is 2607.

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Map of Isaacs ACT 2607, Australia

The suburb was gazetted as a Division Name on 12 May 1966 but residential housing was not built until the late 1980s. Isaacs is next to the suburbs of O'Malley, Mawson and Farrer. It is bounded by Yamba Drive and Ngunawal Drive. Located in the suburb is the Canberra Nature Park of Isaacs Ridge and the Long Gully pine plantation.

It is named after Isaac Isaacs (1855–1948), politician, Chief Justice and the first Australian born Governor-General (from 1931–36).

Demographics

In the 2011 Census, the population of Isaacs was 2,352, including 9 (0.7%) Indigenous persons and 1,441 (61.3%) Australian-born persons. 36.8% of the population was foreign born, the tenth highest for any Canberra suburb.

Theme for streets

The suburb's theme is 'educationists': the streets are therefore named after people associated with Australian education. Some of the main streets in Isaacs, and their honorees, are:

  • Alexander Mackie Circuit: Alexander Mackie (1876–1955): academic who was first principal of the Sydney Teacher Training College and first Professor of Education at the University of Sydney (New South Wales)
  • Buntine Crescent: Walter Murray Buntine (1866–1953), teacher and campaigner for public education (Victoria)
  • Dorsch Street: Agnes Maria Johanna Dorsch (1871–1958), private teacher at Government House; teacher at Concordia College, 1923-43
  • Julia Flynn Avenue: Julia Teresa Flynn (1878–1947), secondary school teacher and school inspector (Victoria)
  • Maclagan Street: James B Maclagan (d. 1865), educationist who pioneered correspondence education (Western Australia)
  • Rowntree Crescent: Amy Rowntree, OBE (1885–1962), teacher, school inspector and historian (Tasmania)
  • Whitty Crescent: Ellen Whitty (Rev Mother Vincent) (1819–1892), social worker and missionary who established 26 Mercy schools and teacher training colleges (Queensland)
  • William Wilkins Crescent: William Wilkins (1827–1892), educational reformer and administrator, including Principal of Fort Street Model School (New South Wales)

    • Geology

    Isaacs is built on Silurian age Deakin Volcanics. These are green-grey and purple coloured rhyodacite. The lower lying parts of the suburb are covered with Quaternary alluvium on top. Isaacs ridge has the same outcrops as the rest of the suburb.

    References

    Isaacs, Australian Capital Territory Wikipedia
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